Online documentation for DictionaryMerge
Generated 2006-03-17
A component which merges the values in its two input Dictionary items, eg for adding metadata to a value.
Description
A component which merges the values in its two input Dictionary items, e.g. for adding metadata to a value.
Installation
No specific requirements.
Configuration
E.g. set input2 with the required metadata.
Usage
A component which merges the values in its two input Dictionary items, e.g. for adding metadata to a value.
Specify the desired dictionaries in 'input1' and 'input2' property.
The 'output' property will contain a dictionary containing all entries from both 'input1' and 'input2'.
In the case of a conflict (i.e. input1 and input2 containing the same entry), the value of input2's entry will be used.
Note that ECT built-in coercions
will map any non-dictionary value to a dictionary with a single element called "value" (and vice versa).
Technical Details
Not very exciting